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2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge

Oceania Rugby,
Fri Oct 6, 2017 9:22AM

The Americas Pacific Challenge 2017 is under way with the “A” team tournament will running from 7-15 October at the Estadio Charrua, in Montevideo.

Click HERE for all the tournament news, results, statistics and reports.

The World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge 2017 will be a round robin, first-past-the-post tournament played across three rounds, contested by Argentina XV, USA Selects, Samoa A, Tonga A, Canada A and hosts, Uruguay A.

The teams in Pool A will play the teams in Pool B once, with the tournament winner decided by the total number of competition points across the three rounds on 7, 11 and 15 October.

Pool A consists of Argentina XV, USA Selects and Tonga A while Uruguay A, Samoa A and Canada A make up Pool B.

Last year, Argentina XV won the inaugural World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge in Montevideo, beating Fiji Warriors 27-26 in a dramatic final.